(A)symmetric stem cell replication and cancer.
Most tissues in metazoans undergo continuous turnover due to cell death or epithelial shedding. Since cellular replication is associated with an inherent risk of mutagenesis, tissues are maintained by a small group of stem cells (SCs) that replicate slowly to maintain their own population and that g...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-03-01
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Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1828703?pdf=render |